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The Beatles first played at the Indra[2] club - sleeping in small, dirty rooms in the Bambi Kino[2] - and then moved (after the closure of the Indra) to the larger Kaiserkeller[2][3] In October 1960, they left Koschmider's club and worked at the "Top Ten Club",[2][4] which was run by Peter Eckhorn.[5] When Paul McCartney and Pete Best went back to the Bambi Kino to get their belongings they found it in total darkness.[6] Attaching a condom to a nail on the wall of their room and setting fire to it gave McCartney and Best a source of light, which they used to pack their belongings.[7] There was no real damage, but Koschmider reported them for attempted arson. McCartney and Best spent three hours in a local jail and were deported, as was George Harrison, for working under the legal age limit.[8]